The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-06-02
VIrginia ard her Creditors

The Baltimore Saat,s Washington cor !
respondent gives an inttrview Nith Sir !
Edward Thornton, in respect to the
State Debt. What Mir TlloGnttnl is re- !
ported to have said I'M referense toztAe
composition OF the Republican party cQraks
from Democratic partizans and must re
taken for what it is worth. When ii Is
kncWn that two thirds of the counties
where hA,yhites have It ma jofftY -
publican, and that the growing strength
Of The Democrats is in the counties where
the eolofed voters bavea maJority,;s prop
sef estimate may be placed ON the state
ment given by the Correspondent. The
Democratic niajofitie5, Of late years, have
been lmaae@tp a4efeceunts in Ihe negro
countiea, andstlfe gains oft hegRepublidans
have beon in the NIiitta counties. II t.flo
gi54er tltf4 ta'ilf5a114ms
Andersen NJ Cormick law ,isieittieeE y
the bands ofthh pemacfa attic asats hrd
this fact :aeeoIt1as for tlIeS REPORTED Deinc-
era ie nsitlii 5epu niles sWfsees5 tlllseol-
ored Vote=hteiIoa iflasasasor is=He.sff!y failal
to the Write vote. OEesagset tie ait efHsw
is colored tesuit the phfposesA Of thesIaI-
tizaleDemecrAtn corge spondeht who Wfote
it, ana for this alIoS;lpee must sbe made.
The 2correspondeft s}say s, 4hDder date of
May 30tbeif ssssir, Eawafd Thornton, former
| ly British Minis er to. The limited STATES,
and one:ofs el'epfese iatiyts offhe1zng-
fish hpidefslo f Virginia bonds sentitpfhis
country totry--and artAhge=a set tlahlent
witll4he stt!teof Vmdhia, is still ln==tlis
city WISHING friends! In onveisat4on
witlr,arepreseiltativeiof Of. the 9sa5s to3aaYson
the shhjeetiof his present trip p y fneEica,
Sir Edward said that i eIeassyue, n, n S.
n Bfaitlwaite,, ana himself, 9 ,llld si5Jofl5ed
very haiyste e1fect an tainical}9e 4thd rIoBer
settlement with the N.irssinia authofHits.
ard failing tod do sos they prepared areport
ot theiT ,iaboTs, which is now on its 5Wavqto
I England. where it will be printed. He
says his observation convinced him that
the Virginia debt-gnestten + has deyfi0petE
lintO a political issue in the State, and any
settlement that will be satisfactory to the
4 English lb0ndh6ldei'S IN the slightest de;
| gree is extremely doubtful, unless the
| people of the State take the onattertO the
polls and dispose of it there The better
class, Of people OF, Virginia, he says. filyoGs
1 an hOnest adj usbment of the.debt, bub'thisi
| class is overp0Weredby thepolficai forces,
1 The DEMOCRATS are divided, an the snhiecct
,upiia thn Ranuhlicans ,,,a Tn11ited.i tseif1r
| as politicians are concerned, Sin Ed Ward
says he has little faitG3 ID, the promises
| made by either party ,althongll he inclneS
| to- the view THAT the ore Intelligent class
4 of 5peoDIe OF Y iTglnia are found i u the
Na,nocratjc FnartW9 while 1he'i I}e9mi III ea,1
na,fy il n, Add bDah}ost Entirely 81 ffIecijl.
nra3 nannja And tha dasia, mo vhifas who
lgtt en- snff1pnsa IN do tiys.
i ril,tiothiIiol INA i34vt r,res iShrYtI6
bI2df AL Il, iiif..,sfl t4e eennhiican narv q
| vicfnrions What thpv eonsidpr(ti, ri,f,rts
| thi6oJ after elpction11jsj oypro nj case IiBt
4 tGniiId IL s111ccessfpi aenands nnfGn eiir
i cnmstances 1'he Democrat sara 5liIStv.
/ friahfaIJeH dva,. Nfata,{ais}5, an5Tnhv1 Ia
/ nof Ennw insf Which cnnrsa tnl iiIrsn M II,
tie ,n,stter y got tha -advanta@a ofI I,I,a'
,a9o an ,ij}, No
4 If oyonant uat tLav hesitata - 5G F9 e ~
" ~ lunc witb the ind"ment of the hast
nannia Of tho Statn S,i,. fflfwsrd cave he
hao t}af tha1ibiTt N Hin nf
t%a Wirnipia 4 III f1ra u IL ,.nnSIi}t %
WIN the Enoisb 'renresentatiy lad No
Sfa,,t;n If l i5oe s. nrni,er ca tt1n;t, e;tts
ana van, Of than psGaf a Mill
nnIitieal canifsf, for 'them..,
selves as sever1T Of 4hpln WENT hrt Ana,
4 n,5dai snnanbas To- IL f,,nlilir IJbi IS,1hGt
ne@otiaiio Iyeya nnndin@ IJe says tIa
! n ;1rri,in"s hayn i,inred fbei,.ef rn,}tt4 al
over he world Inv thfir action inthis fm,at-
d itba,s if If it .s,sti} o.: II baI